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By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Wednesday’s announcement that Sebastien Bourdais would be joining Dale Coyne Racing for 2017 and 2018 campaigns in the Verizon IndyCar Series should put some people on notice because Bourdais wasn’t the only person Coyne has hired for next season. Besides bringing in Bourdais, Dale Coyne made two hires for the engineering side of his team.  Olivier Boisson will be joining the team after being Bourdais’s engineer at KVSH Racing the last few seasons while Bourdais’s engineer at Newman-Haas Racing, Craig Hampson,Read More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Tony Kanaan and sponsor NTT Data have signed an extension to remain with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Kanaan will return for his fourth season driving the No. 10 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing and his third with NTT Data backing him. “We are very happy to re-sign Tony to drive the No. 10 for us, but are just as pleased to bring a great partner like NTT DATA back to the team,” said team owner Chip Ganassi. Tony has playedRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Chip Ganassi Racing will reunite with Honda Performance Development for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season and beyond. The team announced today that they will return to the Santa Clarita, California-based manufacturer after spending the last three seasons with Chevrolet. The team previously ran Honda-powered cars from 1996-1999 and again from 2006-2013. Honda propelled CGR to four consecutive CART championships from 1996-99 with Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya driving. Their second partnership produced championships from Scott Dixon in 2008 and 2013 along with Dario FranchittiRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Author’s note: This is part of a 10-part series discussing tracks around the world that I feel would be a good fit for the Verizon IndyCar Series. The opinions here are expressed solely of the author and not necessarily of the Motorsports Tribune. When it comes to more ovals on the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar the first track that comes to mind is Michigan International Speedway. Outside of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the 2-mile oval in Brooklyn, Michigan is probably one of the most iconicRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Team Penske announced today that Josef Newgarden will replace Juan Pablo Montoya and join the team for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Newgarden is coming off a career-best season where he finished fourth in the final standings, just behind future teammates Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. He also becomes the first American to race for the team since Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2007. “For any open-wheel racer – or any racecar driver in general – Team Penske is a dream job,” saidRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Alexander Rossi will return for a second season in the Verizon IndyCar Series for Andretti Autosport 2017 with an option for additional years. The 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner has elected to remain with Andretti-Herta Autosport amid speculation that he would join Team Penske’s IndyCar outfit or perhaps return to Formula 1, where he has served as a reserve driver for the Manor Racing team. Rossi’s rookie season was highlighted by a stunning win at the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade MotorRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Ed Carpenter Racing announced that driver Josef Newgarden will not return to the team for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Newgarden’s was contracted through September 28 and now is free to take other offers if they come available. “While it’s disappointing that Josef will not be returning, it’s also not a total surprise after all of the speculation the past few weeks,” stated team owner Ed Carpenter. “I wish Josef the best in his future endeavors, but also remain focused on ECR’s continued success. We are positioned wellRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter IndyCar team owner Sam Schmidt will become the first American to receive an autonomous vehicle drivers licence in his home state of Nevada. Schmidt was paralyzed from the neck down in a testing accident at the now closed Walt Disney World Speedway in January of 2000. He has since gone on to become a mainstay in the Verizon IndyCar Series and the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Championship and currently fields entries for James Hinchcliffe and Mikhail Aleshin. Two years ago, Schmidt began collaborating withRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Less than a week after becoming the Verizon IndyCar Series’ newest champion, it has been confirmed that Simon Pagenaud will carry the No. 1 on his Team Penske Chevrolet next season. Although automatic in some racing circles throughout the world, the ability to move to the No. 1 is at the champion’s discretion in North America’s top open wheel series. The last driver to make the switch was Pagenaud’s teammate, Will Power, in 2014. Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske, confirmed through Twitter that the 32-year-oldRead More

By Conor Daly, Verizon IndyCar Series Driver I can’t believe the season has already come to an end. It went by so fast, especially the last couple of months. I really didn’t want it to end. The last race of the season didn’t really go the way we wanted it to. It was unfortunate that our worst races this year were on the double points weekends in Sonoma and Indianapolis. That cost us a chance at the Rookie of the Year title. Of course with Rossi winning the Indy 500,Read More